Quotes from book

The Other Boleyn Girl

“He is my brother. She is my sister. Come what will, they are my kin.”

“If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.”

“Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him.”

“Tell my daughter Elizabeth -- no! Tell all my daughters, everywhere, in all the ages yet to come. Tell them how I died, and why. And tell them to remember this: the future is unwritten. Know your rights.”

“The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule.”

“When they launch snakes you'll have your namesake.”

“I never thought it would end like this. I never thought he would leave me without saying goodbye.”

“When it's done, it's done. And no one will know until it's done.”

“I shall be dark and French and fashionable and difficult. And you shall be sweet and open and English and fair. What a pair we shall be! What man can resist us?”

“You can smile when your heart is breaking because you are a woman, and a courtier, and a Howard. That's three reasons for being the most deceitful creature on God's earth.”

“You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.”

“I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we?”

“Jane," I said quietly.
She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer.
"Yes, Mary? Forgive me, I was praying."
"If you go on flirting with the king with those sickly little smiles, one of us Boleyns is going to scratch your eyes out.”

“I am too dark in my heart tonight.”

“I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him. At night I dream of him, all day I wait to see him, and when I do see him my heart turns over and I think I will faint with desire.”

“I would know you anywhere for my true love. Whoever I was and whoever you were, I would know you at once for my true love.”

“Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be french.”

“Oh yes. Draw your hem back from my mud, little sister.”

“We're going' Anne said firmly.
So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.'
Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star needs to veil herself in darkness.”